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CHAPTER I. 



SECRETION IN GENERAL. 



General considerations Relations of the secretions to nutrition General 

 mechanism of secretion Differences between the secretions and fluids 

 containing formed anatomical elements Division of secretions Mechan- 

 ism of the production of the true secretions Mechanism of the production 

 of the excretions Influence of the composition and pressure of the blood 

 upon secretion Influence of the nervous system on secretion Excito- 

 secretory system of nerves General structure of secreting organs Ana- 

 tomical classification of glandular organs Secreting membranes Fol- 

 licular glands Racemose glands Tubular glands Ductless, or blood- 

 glands Classification of the secreted fluids Secretions proper (perma- 

 nent fluids; transitory fluids) Excretions Fluids containing formed 

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CHAPTER II. 



SEROUS AND STNOVIAL FLUIDS MUCUS SEBACEOUS FLUIDS. 



Physiological anatomy of the serous and synovial membranes Synovial fringes 

 Bursse Synovial sheaths Pericardial, peritoneal, and pleural secre- 

 tions Quantity of the serous secretions Synovial fluid Mucus Mucous 

 membranes Mucous membranes covered with pavement-epithelium Mu- 

 cous membranes covered with columnar epithelium Mucous membranes 

 covered with mixed epithelium Mechanism of the secretion of mucus 

 Composition and varieties of mu9us Microscopical characters of mucus 

 Nasal mucus Bronchial and pulmonary mucus Mucus secreted by the 

 lining membrane of the alimentary canal Mucus of the urinary passages 

 Mucus of the generative passages Conjunctival mucus General func- 

 tion of mucus Xon-absorption of certain soluble substances, particularly 

 venoms, by mucous membranes Sebaceous fluids Physiological anatomy 



